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aQuantive should be removed (acquired in 2007 by Microsoft and no longer operating as an agency) ^[1] BKV should be removed (acquired by DRUM Agency in 2018 and subsequently closed without notice or explanation in April, 2020 Add MightyRoar, Atlanta, Georgia ^[2] within North America Google should be removed from the list as it is not an advertising agency. JWT should be removed, or changed to Wunderman Thompson (merged in 2018) ^[3] Sapient should be Publicis Sapient ^[4] Kevcsmi31 ( talk) 21:28, 15 September 2020 (UTC) reply

It's probably all right to keep defunct ones in this list since they're still notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. – Thjarkur (talk) 22:30, 15 September 2020 (UTC) reply

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I would like to add Williams Whittle to the agency list - we're an ad agency located in Alexandria, VA (AKA DC Metro Area)

Thanks,

Glaelis WWAadvertising ( talk) 19:29, 6 July 2021 (UTC) reply

 Not done: The agency needs to be notable enough for an article to be on the list. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 19:50, 6 July 2021 (UTC) reply

The sections on 'agencies' and 'creativity' need substantial revision.

It is no longer true that agencies are paid by the media owners. Agencies are predominantly paid by their clients to plan and buy media, on either a fee or commission basis. Other services are paid for in the same way. The section as currently written describes how agencies worked about a hundred years ago. The major services delivered by a modern agency are creative communications, media planning and buying, design, production, and marketing data and technology services.

The 'creativity' section is borderline meaningless. It's attempting to describe how creativity contributes to advertising effectiveness (by making brands distinctive, memorable and noticeable) but does a very odd job of this.

I've avoided editing as I have a potential conflict of interest (I work for an advertising agency)... but this is an inaccurate reflection of how agencies work as businesses. Alex Steer ( talk) 11:58, 28 May 2023 (UTC) reply